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<span id="how-to-install-django-on-windows"></span><h1>How to install Django on Windows<a class="headerlink" href="#how-to-install-django-on-windows" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>This document will guide you through installing Python and Django for basic
usage on Windows. This is meant as a beginner’s guide for users working on
Django projects and does not reflect how Django should be installed when
developing patches for Django itself.</p>
<p>The steps in this guide have been tested with Windows 7 and 8. In other
versions, the steps would be similar.</p>
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<span id="install-python"></span><h2>Install Python<a class="headerlink" href="#install-python" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Django is a Python web framework, thus requiring Python to be installed on your
machine.</p>
<p>To install Python on your machine go to <a class="reference external" href="https://python.org/download/">https://python.org/download/</a>, and
download a Windows MSI installer for Python. Once downloaded, run the MSI
installer and follow the on-screen instructions.</p>
<p>After installation, open the command prompt and check the Python version by
executing <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">python</span> <span class="pre">--version</span></code>. If you encounter a problem, make sure you
have set the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PATH</span></code> variable correctly. You might need to adjust your
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PATH</span></code> environment variable to include paths to the Python executable and
additional scripts. For example, if your Python is installed in
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Python34\</span></code>, the following paths need to be added to <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PATH</span></code>:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">:</span>\<span class="n">Python34</span>\<span class="p">;</span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">:</span>\<span class="n">Python34</span>\<span class="n">Scripts</span><span class="p">;</span>
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<span id="install-setuptools"></span><h2>Install Setuptools<a class="headerlink" href="#install-setuptools" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>To install Python packages on your computer, Setuptools is needed. Download the
latest version of <a class="reference external" href="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools">Setuptools</a> for
your Python version and follow the installation instructions given there.</p>
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<span id="install-pip"></span><h2>Install PIP<a class="headerlink" href="#install-pip" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p><a class="reference external" href="http://www.pip-installer.org/">PIP</a> is a package manager for Python that
uses the <a class="reference external" href="https://pypi.python.org">Python Package Index</a> to install Python
packages. PIP will later be used to install Django from PyPI. If you’ve
installed Python 3.4, <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pip</span></code> is included so you may skip this section.</p>
<p>Open a command prompt and execute <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">easy_install</span> <span class="pre">pip</span></code>. This will install
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pip</span></code> on your system. This command will work if you have successfully
installed Setuptools.</p>
<p>Alternatively, go to <a class="reference external" href="http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.html">http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.html</a>
for installing/upgrading instructions.</p>
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<span id="install-django"></span><h2>Install Django<a class="headerlink" href="#install-django" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Django can be installed easily using <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pip</span></code>.</p>
<p>In the command prompt, execute the following command: <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pip</span> <span class="pre">install</span> <span class="pre">django</span></code>.
This will download and install Django.</p>
<p>After the installation has completed, you can verify your Django installation
by executing <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">django-admin</span> <span class="pre">--version</span></code> in the command prompt.</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<span class="title">Changed in Django 1.7:</span> <p>In Django 1.7, a <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">.exe</span></code> has been introduced, so just use
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">django-admin</span></code> in place of <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">django-admin.py</span></code> in the command prompt.</p>
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<p>See <a class="reference internal" href="../topics/install.html#database-installation"><span class="std std-ref">Get your database running</span></a> for information on database installation
with Django.</p>
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<span id="common-pitfalls"></span><h2>Common pitfalls<a class="headerlink" href="#common-pitfalls" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
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<li><p class="first">If <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">django-admin</span></code> only displays the help text no matter what arguments
it is given, there is probably a problem with the file association in
Windows. Check if there is more than one environment variable set for
running Python scripts in <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PATH</span></code>. This usually occurs when there is more
than one Python version installed.</p>
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<li><p class="first">If you are connecting to the internet behind a proxy, there might be problem
in running the commands <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">easy_install</span> <span class="pre">pip</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pip</span> <span class="pre">install</span> <span class="pre">django</span></code>.
Set the environment variables for proxy configuration in the command prompt
as follows:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nb">set</span> <span class="n">http_proxy</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">http</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="o">//</span><span class="n">username</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="n">password</span><span class="nd">@proxyserver</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="n">proxyport</span>
<span class="nb">set</span> <span class="n">https_proxy</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">https</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="o">//</span><span class="n">username</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="n">password</span><span class="nd">@proxyserver</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="n">proxyport</span>
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